Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Listening Practice
The website Learn English, Feel Good offers many useful exercises for improving your English skills. Students often need extra practice with listening skills. There are 15 exercises with spelling and 20 exercises with English pronunciation practice.
http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/listening/index.html
Among vs Between
This week, there was some confusion about the meaning of the word "among". The link below will take you to an explanation and short quiz to help you with a deeper understanding.
Happy English: Among vs Between
Happy English: Among vs Between
Friday, September 25, 2015
The Schwa
The schwa is the vowel sound in many lightly pronounced unaccented syllables in words of more than one syllable and in some common single syllable words. It is sometimes pronounced "uh". A schwa sound can be represented by any vowel.
For example:
Additional practice:
Really Learn English
For example:
a spelling
|
again
vitamin |
|
e spelling
|
petition
celebrate |
|
i spelling
|
president
experiment |
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o spelling
|
occur
condition |
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u spelling
|
campus
support |
Additional practice:
Really Learn English
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Below are some online activities you can do to practice them.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Our theme for the next 2 weeks is Employment and Careers. We'll also be exploring the topic of Seasons, especially autumn. The first day of autumn this year is September 23rd.
Job Search Services
What is a Resume and Cover Letter?
Video - How to fill out a Job Application
Listening - Job Hunting (difficult)
Listening - Career Search: Finding the Right Job (intermediate)
Autumn Vocabulary (basic)
Autumn Activities - (basic & intermediate)
Listening - The Four Seasons (Intermediate)
Job Search Services
What is a Resume and Cover Letter?
Video - How to fill out a Job Application
Listening - Job Hunting (difficult)
Listening - Career Search: Finding the Right Job (intermediate)
Autumn Vocabulary (basic)
Autumn Activities - (basic & intermediate)
Listening - The Four Seasons (Intermediate)
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